July 20, 2026

Can Endotoxin-Targeted Care Improve Sepsis Outcomes?

Biomarker-guided patient selection may help identify patients with sepsis who could benefit from endotoxin-targeted therapy, although confirmatory evidence is still needed.

Conexiant

July 15, 2026

Does High PCT Warrant Longer Therapy?

In a planned BALANCE analysis, elevated day 7 procalcitonin was associated with higher mortality, but the small subgroup analysis found no evidence that extending antibiotics from 7 to 14 days improved outcomes.

Conexiant

July 06, 2026

Why Is Vaginal Estrogen Still Underused?

A large Epic Cosmos analysis linked vaginal estrogen prescribing with lower rates of sepsis, hospital admission, and death following recurrent urinary tract infection, but researchers cautioned that prescribing may also mark broader differences in care.

Conexiant

June 15, 2026

Does Sedative Choice Shape Later Cognition?

Researchers examined long-term cognitive outcomes among children who received ICU sedation for acute respiratory failure.

Conexiant

June 12, 2026

Acute Kidney Injury Therapies Reviewed

Several interventions show early promise in high-risk patients, yet the field still awaits its first proven targeted therapy.

Conexiant

June 12, 2026

High-Dose Vitamin C Could Pose Risk in Severe Burns

“High-dose intravenous vitamin C administered early after injury did not reduce organ dysfunction or [mortality] and should not be a treatment in severe burns.”

Conexiant

June 11, 2026

When Bad Data Enters the Drug Pipeline

Federal prosecutors allege that a Florida physician and research staff fabricated clinical trial records that were submitted into database systems used to evaluate investigational drugs.

Conexiant

June 05, 2026

Congo Ebola Outbreak Strains Care Delivery

“We live with fear in our stomachs"

Kff Health News

June 03, 2026

FDA Approves Cefepime-Zidebactam Injection

Phase 3 ENHANCE-1 results showed higher composite clinical cure and microbiologic response rates with cefepime-zidebactam vs meropenem in hospitalized adults with complicated urinary tract infection or acute pyelonephritis.

Conexiant

May 28, 2026

Postextubation Pneumonia Tops Ventilator Pneumonia

Older age, male sex, underweight status, reduced activities of daily living, and mild consciousness disturbance were associated with postextubation pneumonia in elective surgical patients.

Conexiant